Estou a tentar ser mais humilde quando falo das minhas vitórias.

Both mean I am trying, but they belong to different varieties of Portuguese:

• Estou a tentar – normal in European Portuguese (Portugal).
• Estou tentando – normal in Brazilian Portuguese.

In Portugal, the progressive aspect is usually formed with:

• estar + a + infinitive
  
  • estou a tentar – I am trying
  • estava a falar – I was speaking

In Brazil, it’s usually:

• estar + gerúndio (-ndo form)
  
  • estou tentando – I am trying
  • estava falando – I was speaking

So for Portugal, estou a tentar is the natural choice.

You can, but the nuance changes slightly:

• Estou a tentar ser mais humilde…
  Emphasises the ongoing effort right now. It’s like saying I’m working on being more humble.

• Tento ser mais humilde…
  Describes a habit or general tendency: I try to be more humble (in general, as a rule).

Both are correct; choose based on whether you want to focus on the current ongoing process (estou a tentar) or a general habit/attitude (tento).

Because humilde in this context is seen as part of your character / attitude, not a temporary state.

• ser is used for:

  • permanent or long‑term qualities
  • character traits
  • definitions / identity

• estar is used for:

  • temporary states
  • moods
  • locations

Saying tentar ser mais humilde suggests you want to change your character or usual behaviour, not just be humble for a short moment.

Estar mais humilde would sound like a temporary mood or phase, and is less idiomatic here.

• mais humilde means more humble – a comparison with your previous level of humility.
• ser humilde means simply to be humble (no comparison).

In this sentence:

• ser mais humilde = to be more humble than I have been until now, to increase humility.
• ser humilde = to be humble (full stop), which doesn’t underline that change or improvement.

You could say Estou a tentar ser humilde…, but you would lose the explicit idea of improvement / “more than before”.

Both are possible, but they focus on slightly different things:

• quando falo das minhas vitórias

  • present simple
  • describes a general, repeated situation
  • means whenever I talk about my victories (as a rule)

• quando estou a falar das minhas vitórias

  • present progressive
  • focuses on a specific moment or ongoing action
  • more like when I’m (in the middle of) talking about my victories

Here, the idea is a general habit (in general, when I talk about them), so quando falo is the natural, idiomatic choice.

Das is a contraction of de + as:

• de (of, from, about) + as (the – feminine plural) → das

So:

• de as minhas vitórias → incorrect / never written like this
• das minhas vitórias → correct

Portuguese almost always contracts these combinations:

• de + a(s) → da / das
• de + o(s) → do / dos

So das minhas vitórias literally is of the my victories (structure-wise), which English simplifies to about my victories here.

Both are possible, but the prepositions have slightly different flavours:

• falar de = to talk about (very common, neutral)

  • falo das minhas vitórias – I talk about my victories

• falar sobre = to talk about / on the topic of, slightly more formal or topic‑focused

  • falo sobre as minhas vitórias – I talk on the topic of my victories

In everyday speech, falar de + [thing] is extremely common and natural.
In this specific sentence, das minhas vitórias with de is more idiomatic than sobre.

Both are grammatically correct; the meaning changes:

• das minhas vitórias – my victories (possessive, specific to the speaker)
• das vitórias – the victories (could be anyone’s: a team’s victories, our victories, etc.)

The sentence is about the speaker’s own victories, so minhas is added for clarity.

Note that the definite article is still needed:

• das minhas vitórias = de + as + minhas vitórias
  You would not normally say de minhas vitórias in European Portuguese; de + as → das is standard here.

In Portuguese, nouns have gender, and adjectives/possessives must agree in gender and number:

• vitória ends in -a and is feminine
  
  • singular: a vitória
  • plural: as vitórias

The possessive meu/minha/meus/minhas also changes:

• masculine singular: meu (meu carro)
• feminine singular: minha (minha casa)
• masculine plural: meus (meus amigos)
• feminine plural: minhas (minhas vitórias)

Since vitórias is feminine plural, you need minhas vitórias, not meus vitórias.

In Portuguese, the verb ending already shows the subject, so the pronoun is often dropped:

• falo – already tells us it’s I (eu)

You can say:

• quando eu falo das minhas vitórias – correct, just more emphatic
• quando falo das minhas vitórias – normal, neutral

Portuguese is a “pro-drop” language: subject pronouns (eu, tu, ele…) are not obligatory when the verb form is clear.

Yes, that is perfectly correct and very natural:

• Quando falo das minhas vitórias, estou a tentar ser mais humilde.

Portuguese allows flexible word order for clauses. Changing the position of the quando‑clause:

• Estou a tentar ser mais humilde quando falo das minhas vitórias.
• Quando falo das minhas vitórias, estou a tentar ser mais humilde.

Both are grammatical and mean the same thing. The second version slightly highlights the condition (when I talk about my victories) first, but it’s a stylistic choice.

Both can work, but they’re not identical:

• vitórias – victories, usually in a more literal or competitive sense

  • sports wins, competitions, clear “wins” in life

• conquistas – achievements, accomplishments, or things I have gained

  • can be broader: goals reached, progress, professional or personal achievements

So:

• das minhas vitórias – about my wins / victories
• das minhas conquistas – about my achievements / things I’ve achieved

The original with vitórias has a stronger sense of “wins” (like “bragging about my wins”).